Most underwater art installations by an individual

As of November 2024, sculptor and conservationist Jason deCaires Taylor (UK) had created 14 aquatic art installations (12 marine examples and two in freshwater locations), comprising hundreds of sculptures. His most recent project, A World Adrift, was completed in October 2024 and highlights how vulnerable small island states are to rising sea levels caused by global warming. It is located near the Caribbean island of Grenada, not far from his first installation – Molinere Bay Underwater Sculpture Park, originally completed in 2006.

All of Taylor's aquatic artworks are created with the environment front of mind, using eco-friendly materials such as pH-neutral concrete and stainless steel. The conservation idea behind the sculptures is that they will become part of the natural surroundings over time, providing habitat for aquatic plants and animals and crucially a substrate for coral to colonize to encourage new reef formation.

In chronological order, the installations Taylor has completed are:

- 2006/2023: Molinere Bay Underwater Sculpture Park (Grenada, Caribbean Sea) - 75 sculptures (depth: 5 m); extended with 27 new sculptures in 2023

- 2008/2024: Alluvia (Stour River, Canterbury, Kent, UK) - 2 sculptures (depth: 1 m); artwork replaced in September 2024 owing to damage caused by dredging, now 1 sculpture

- 2009: Inverted Solitude (flooded quarry at National Diving & Activity Centre, Chepstow, UK) - 1 sculpture (depth: 2 m)

- 2009: Museo Subacuático de Arte (MUSA) (Cancún, Mexico) - 480 sculptures (depth: between 4-8 m)

- 2011: The Musician (Mushak Cay, Copperfield Bay, Exumas, The Bahamas) - 1 sculpture (depth: 3 m)

- 2014: Ocean Atlas (Nassau, The Bahamas) - 1 sculpture (depth: 5 m)

- 2016: Museo Atlántico (Lanzarote , Canary Islands, Spain) - 303 sculptures (depth: 12 m

- 2017: Nest (Gili Meno, Lombok, Indonesia) - 48 sculptures (depth: 4 m)

- 2018: Nexus (Oslo, Norway) - 12 sculptures (depth: 6 m; installation also includes two floating sculptures)

- 2018: Coralarium (Sirru Fen Fushi, Maldives) - 30 sculptures (depth: 5 m)

- 2020/2023: Museum of Underwater Art (MOUA): The Coral Greenhouse (John Brewer Reef, Queensland, Australia) - 20 sculptures (depth: 12 m); expanded in 2023 with Ocean Sentinels (8 sculptures)

- 2021: Cannes Underwater Museum (Cannes, France) - 6 sculptures (depth: between 3-4 m)

- 2021: Museum of Underwater Sculpture Ayia Napa (MUSAN) (Ayia Napa, Cyprus) - 93 sculptures (depth: between 8-10 m)

- 2024: A World Adrift (Grenada, Caribbean Sea) - 30 sculptures (depth: 4 m)

Taylor has also completed two further tidal installations (one in Norway and one in Australia), but as these sit predominantly out of the water, they are not included as part of this underwater art installation record.